Detection of unrelated Escherichia coli strains harboring genes of CTX-M-15, OXA-1, and AAC(6′)-Ib-cr enzymes in a Tunisian hospital and characterization of their integrons and virulence factors

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 318-323

  Jouini, A ^a,b   Ben Slama, K ^a   Vinue L ^b   Ruiz, E ^b   Saenz Y ^c   Somalo, S ^b   Klibi, N ^a   Zarazaga, M ^b,c   Ben Moussa, M ^d   Boudabous, A ^a   Torres, Carmen ^b,c  

^a Campus Universitaire   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^d MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

CTX M 15; CTX M 9; Escherichia coli; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 15; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 9; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 1; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1B; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AER GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BFP GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CNF1 GENE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMA GENE; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HLYA GENE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PAPC GENE; PAPGIII GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; TUNISIA; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 78651403084     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2010.22.5.318     Document Type: Article

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